by James Wilcox | Aug 31, 2017 | Development, International, Uncategorized
An early start this morning, with training less than twelve hours after we finished matches the night before! Dragging themselves from their beds, the squad cycled over to the sports hall, where we had our first sessions, for another training with Michiel. The...
by James Wilcox | Aug 25, 2017 | Development, International, Uncategorized
We visited Michiel’s club house, the “Nic. Nest”, for a training session this morning. Naomi offered to get us warmed up with some recovery exercises, which actually left us needing more recovery than when we started. Press ups, planks, and sprints...
by James Wilcox | Aug 24, 2017 | Development, International
An army marches on its feet, and the same is true of korfballers. So everyone has a group, and we rotate the responsibility for feeding the group. Beach Korf Posse had the first duty to shop for breakfast and lunch. We all met downstairs for a hearty spread and made...
by James Wilcox | Aug 24, 2017 | Development, International, Uncategorized
We realised we had bought too much food, so James whipped up a celery and mushroom omelette for breakfast, and the squad hit the town of Utrecht. The girls visited the university gardens whilst the boys decided the best way to see Utrecht would be to hire kayaks and...
by James Wilcox | Aug 24, 2017 | International, Tournament, Uncategorized
The last morning in The Hague started slowly, as everyone dragged themselves down to breakfast and hastily checked out. We split into groups as some people paid the beach one last visits, a couple went to a motor show, and the others lounged around the hostel...
by James Wilcox | Aug 24, 2017 | International, Tournament, Uncategorized
The last morning of the IKF European Beach Championship saw us face recent World Games silver medallists, Taiwan. This was another first for Wales and we started strongly but couldn’t keep up with their scoring, as they raced ahead to finish 9-5 up. Our final...
